Clubs' bulletin no 11 of 2025 - 29 July
Cricket collective awards – for action
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Cricket Collective Awards. These are aimed at volunteers across the game that have dedicated their time to growing and maintaining cricket in Yorkshire. If you know a volunteer who deserves to be recognised for their dedication, who puts cricket before anything else, someone who inspires all generations to participate in cricket, and you want to say thank you, please click here to nominate them.
Information for spectators – action required
We have a relatively small, but very valuable, nucleus of spectators that follow our clubs, and it is in all our interests to encourage them. For their convenience, it would be very valuable if clubs could do two things please:
reference the League website on your club’s website, eg, ‘We are proud to be part of the Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League – www.ycspl.co.uk’
let us have details of the facilities available at your ground, eg, car parking, toilets, refreshments and disability access, for visitors, so they can be shown in your club’s entry in the Club A-Z on the website
Junior scorers – action required
Clubs are reminded that where the location of the scorers is not in the immediate proximity of the pavilion, a check should be made, at least twice in a full-length innings, that junior scorers are ok.
League social media activity – volunteers sought
We want to improve and increase our social media profile by producing more potential social media content. If there is anyone connected with any of our clubs who is interested in this area and would like to help us, please contact Roger Pugh.
League WhatsApp channel – for action
We have opened a WhatsApp channel as a means of getting very quick information out to all those involved in our League. You can access it and sign up for alerts at https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbBHwgH3gvWYJJI3yN1d
Officials’ recruitment – action required
There is now only a third of the 2025 season left, and we encourage clubs to redouble their efforts to recruit match officials. We are still a long way from our aim of covering all our games, and League and Umpires Association officials still receive regular complaints about games not being covered by umpires. We know that some clubs take this issue very seriously, and make real efforts, but the only way that we will come anywhere close to our aim is if everyone does so, whether or not they have already nominated an umpire for our panel, or recruited a club umpire. We will also review our rules for allocating umpires at the end of the season.
Opportunity for National Youth Programmes Activators to become qualified coaches - for information
For more information, please click here.
Requirement for girls’ sections in clubs – reminder of action required
In order to meet the ECB Accreditation Criterion for Premier Section clubs about girls’ teams, ECB and the YCF have devised a supportive and phased approach towards achieving this requirement. Premier Section clubs – and those with ambitions for promotion to the Premier Section – must fully engage with this process.
Safe Hands courses – for action
The Safe Hands 2025–2026 courses are now live and open for registration. The courses are in high demand, and once they reach capacity, YCB will not be offering additional sessions, so any non-compliant Club Safeguarding Officers should register as soon as possible – Clubs & Leagues - Safeguarding - Available Safe Hands Courses
South Yorkshire Police team – reminder
The South Yorkshire Police cricket team has been re-formed, and is looking for Sunday friendly fixtures. If your club would like a Sunday friendly, please contact Mick Holmes on 07734 285000 or Neil Vaughan. There would be no restriction on the constitution of teams – it could include guests and non-registered players.
Transfer deadline – reminder
Please remember that the deadline for transfers between YCSPL clubs, and of players into the League, is on 31 July. Transfers need to be completed in time to register on Play-Cricket by that date.
Whitley Hall centenary – for information
Whitley Hall CC invite all their friends in the YCSPL – players, umpires and officials – to join them at their end-of-season Centenary Dinner. There is a three-course meal, David Gower is the guest speaker, and live music is booked. The Dinner is on Saturday 27 September at OEC Sheffield, £45 per person.
William Pye – funeral information
Further to our last bulletin, the funeral of League life member William Pye will take place at 11.30 on Monday 4 August at Treeton Baptist Church, 17 Station Road, Treeton, Rotherham S60 5PN.
YCSPL under 21s v MCC - for information
The annual under 21s game with the MCC will take place this Thursday, 31 July, at Treeton CC, with an 12 noon start. All are welcome.
‘Your say’ ECB playing survey – action required
‘Your say’ is ECB's main opportunity to gather the views of players and volunteers in any form of cricket, within the recreational game. By sharing what you think, ECB will gain valuable feedback to ensure the voices of players and volunteers continue to be heard and the game of cricket keeps evolving. The survey will run until Sunday 24 August – to complete it, please click here.
As in previous years, there is the chance to enter a prize draw to win one of the following:
• a signed England Men’s Test shirt
• a signed England Women’s IT20 shirt
• a signed England Men’s bat
